Opinion
Confirmed community transmission COVID-19 cases in Adelaide mean it’s now time for SA Health to lift its ban on over-the-counter detection kits, argues Jodie van Deventer.
News
Victoria recorded another 1419 COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths overnight, but Premier Dan Andrews said the numbers are “less relevant than they’ve ever been” because the number of hospitalisations was falling.
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South Australia has likely recorded its first locally acquired COVID cases since borders opened last week, with SA Health saying an interstate traveller is believed to have “passed on” the virus to two residents at a weekend event.
The Adelaide Crows director at odds with the club’s COVID vaccine mandate believes “we shouldn’t give up hard fought-for freedoms to force vaccines on the healthy”, who he argues have more chance of dying from “normal flu” – and has railed against government measures “disintegrating” small business.
EXCLUSIVE | An Adelaide Crows board member’s future with the club is under a cloud amid ongoing discussions about their reluctance to receive a COVID vaccination in line with club policy, InDaily can reveal.
Adelaide City Council has mandated that all staff, contractors, volunteers, trainees and interns must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 20.
New arrivals to South Australia will have to navigate a complex web of regulations and technology introduced with the border reopening on Tuesday, with experts fearing the requirements will provoke mass confusion.
